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THIS STARTS THE STOKY
Flcda Druse, daughter of Onbricl
Druse, of gypsy blood, shoots lu a
, ennoo the Carillon rapids on the Sag
alac river, where it flows between the
towns of Manitou and Lebanon, In
the Canadian Northwest. She is res
cued from the whirlpools below by
Max Ingolby, a manager of great
interests, who lias come to Lebanon
to unite the two towns nud make
them the ceutcr of commerce in the
western north. On the shore fchc is
insulted by Felix Marchand, n pow
erful but disreputable character of
Manitou. Ingolby attacks Marchand,
who vows revenge. Flcda is claimed
by one Jcthro Fawe os his wife,
under a gypsy custom which united
them in marriage when they were
children. Flcda rejects him and a
jealous quarrel ensues between Fawo
and Ingolby. Marchand stirs up a
feud between the two towns in order
to foil Ingolby's ambitions and plans
, a clash between the two factions dur
ing the funeral of an Orangeman to
bo hejd in Lebanon. IngoMiy, in dis
guise, minglcb with his enemies in
Manitou. Fawe reveals his identity
and Ingolby is rendered blind by a
blow on the head. A parade of strik
ers from Manitou clashes with the
funeral of Lebanon under the pre
text of in -lilting tcinarks b the Or
angemen against their religion.
Marchand, the leader, is hurled
through the air by Gabriel Druse,
who has been appointed head con
stable. His followers arc cowed and
return silentlj to Manitou after one
of their priests has made an appeal
to them For six weeks Ingolby is
cared for bj Fledn, in her own home.
His work has been taken over by nu
other. I'rogiess in the towns has
stopped and tiouble is brewing once
again. A specialist from the l'a-.t is
coming to trj to restore Iugolbj's
ejesight.
AND IIEKK IT CONTINUES
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felt for a sock which he had been
. . ... ,...;. -....! . l...li. ,l,,i iho
learning to kuil. uuu. Binmj i-..-.",
needles, replied: "I only know what
Jcthro Fawe told me, and he was a
promiscuous liar."
"I don't think he lied about me," she
answered cpiietlj . "He told you I was
a gypsy: lie told you that I was mar
ried" to him. That was true. I was a
gpsj. I was married to him in the
Romany way. when I was n child of
three, and I ncer saw him again until
here, the other day, on the Sagaluc."
"You were married to him as much as
I am," he interjected scornfully. "That
was a farce. It was only a promise to
pay on the part of your father. There
was nothing in that. Jcfliro Fawe could
not claim on that."
"He has tried to do so," she
answered, "and if I were still a gpsy
he would have the right to do so from
his standpoint."
"That sounds silly to me," Ingolby
remarked, his ringers moving now more
quickly with the needles.
"No, it isn't silly," she said, her
voice almost as softly monotonous as his
had been when he told her of his life
lime while before. It was as though ,
shc was looking into her owu'mind and ,
heart and speaking to herself . "Ifisu't
silly " she repeated'. "I don't think
you understand. Just because a race
like the gvpsies hnve no country and no '
home, so' they must have things that ,
i.ii .i .. i.:i. n. .,! ,ir.,,'t ,,nml i
in the same way. Being the vagrants
UIUH lut'tii nmui uuiil 1'iui'"- w - ..
of the earth, so they must have things
that hold them tighter than any written
laws made by king or Parliament. Vn-1
less the gvpsies kept their laws sacred ,
they couldn't. hold together at all. '
They're iion and steel, the gypsy laws. ,
They can't be stretched, and they can't
be twisted. They can only be broken, ,
and then there is no argument about it.
When they are broken, there's the pen
alty, and it has to be met."
Ingolby stopped knitting for a mo
ment. "You don't mean that a penalty
could touch sou?" he asked incredu
lously. "Not for breaking a law," she an
swered, "I'm not a gypsy any mor I
gave my word about that, and so did
my father; and I'll keep it."
"Please tell me about it," he urged.
"Tell me, so that I can understand
everything."
There was n long pause in which In
golby inspected carefully with his fin
gers the work which he was doing, but
nt last Fleda's voice came to him, as it
seemed out of a great distance, while
she began to tell of her first memories:
,of hcr life by the Danube nnd the lilack
sea, and drew for him a picture,
as she could recall it, of her marriage
with Jcthro, and of the years that fol
lowed. Now and again as she told of
some sordid things, of the challenge of
the law in different countries, of the
coarse vagabondage of the gypsy people
In this place, or in that, and some in
dignity put upon her father, or some
humiliating incident, her voice became
low and pained. It seemed ns if she
meant that he should scs? all she had been
In that past, which still must be part of
the present and have its place in the
future, however far away all that be
longed to it would be. She nppearcd to
search her mind to find that which
would prejudice him against her. While
speaking with slow scorn of the life
which she had lived as a gypsy, yet she
tried to make him understand, too, that.
In the days when she belonged to it.
It nil seemed natural to her, and that its
sordidness, its vagabondage did not pro
duce repugnance in her mind when she
vns part of it. Unwittingly she over
colored the picture, and he knew she
In spite of herself, however, some
aspects of the old life called forth pic
tures of happy nature, of busy animal
life of wood and glen and stream and
footpath which was exquisite in its way.
She was In spirit at one with the mul
titudinous world of nature among which
so many men and women lived, without
cfiug or knowing. It was nil unde
signedly a part of herself, and she was
one of a population in a universal na
tion wh'4e.dcyout citizen Bhe was.
ra.ctimfij&rwr'onse to nn interjection
from'lelby, deftly made, she told of
erne Incident which revealed as great
a poetic na dramatic instinct. A she
.talked, Ingolby in hi Imagination pic
hired her os a girl of ten or twelve,
id a dark" red dress, brown curls falling
in profusion on her shoulders, with a
rUnr, honest, beautiful eye, and a face
JH"i only spoke of a joy of living, iu
which the email things were the small
tkMS' and the great things were the
srtMti the perfect proportion of sane
5te U. ue world.
WW;nJ,iB, carried away by the
wijfej&x&j.lv?aG?wif r '- , -.:. ', t.i5yj!Lw-.i i
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3MMi' it "MTfll "&. 'WT:' '. ,A ' "N'-1'0." stammered the voice. "This
fS&Sm ' WlHlWBl 63f'lK, i" Viola, and I'm in an impossible fix"
Wff'K dP-V,- JJJ&fi"5yiH.av -W' P A ," '--or, voice was trembling now.
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I" spite of herself some
ualized scenes for him with the ardor oft
an artist and a lover of created things.
He realized how powerful a hold the !
old life still had upon her. She under-
stood it, too, for when nt last she told
ot the great event in England which His face flushed, crimsoned, then be
changed her life, nnd made he-'came pale; his bauds ceased moving;
cicsericr trnm gypsy Hie; when she
came to the giung of the pledge to a
dying yoman. and how she had kept
that pledge, and how her father hud
kept it, sternly, faithfully, in spite of
all it involved, she said to him.
"It mny seem strange to you, living
" l "vc "' '" one spot, with cvvry-
jhlnS to make life easy, that I should
"S sometimes for that old life. I
1,at, t in my heart of hearts, yet there's
'"'"'"'B nbnllt '' tlint belongs to mo.
thnts. behind me. if that tells jou
'" "" Its ns though there was
some other self in me which readied
t
al m centuries, that wills
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.';", "', '," " Jml-."1 "T , ,
"" , '" been times when I have had
M '"K'K to go back to it all. to
"J'"1. ('" vritcrs call the
Par ah world-thc Ishmaelites.
More than once Ingolby's heart
throbbed heavily against his breast as
he felt the passion of her nature, its
extraordinary truthfulness, making it
clear to him by indirect phrases that
even Jcthro Fawe, whom she despised,
still had a hateful fascination for her.
it was all at variance to her present her. and he knew that she had not cxag
self, hut it summoned her through thelgernted the temptation which sang in
long avenues of ancestry, predisposition ;
uuuuKH me secret communion oi tnose '
who, being dead, jet speafc
"It's a great story told in a great
way," he said when sue had finished.
"It's the most honest thing 1 ever
heard, but it's not the most truthful
thing I ever heard. I don't think we
can tell the exact truth about ourselves.
We try to be honest ; we are savagely
in earnest about it, and so we exag
gerate the bad things we do, and we
often show distrust of the good things
we do. That's not a fair picture. I
believe you've told me the truth as you
see it and feci it, but I don't think it's
the real truth. In my miud I sometimes
see nn oriel window in tho college where
I spent three years. I used to work
and think for hours in that oriel win
dow, nnd in the fights I've been having
lately I've looked back and thought I
wanted it again ; wanted to be there in
the pence of it all, with the books, and
the lectures, and the drone of history,
nnd the drudgery of examinations; but
if I did go back to it, three days d
sicken me, and if you went back to the
gypsy life three days 'd sicken you."
"Yes, I know. Three hours would
sicken me. But whut might not happen
in those three hours! Can't jou under
stand?" Suddenly she got to her feet with u
passionate exclamation, her clenched
hands went to her temples iu nn agony
DOROTHY DARNITIf
5AV MISTER KNOOP
DO YOU KNOV; WHAT
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aspects of tho old life called forth pictures of happy nature
of emotion. "Can't you understand?
she lepeuted. "It's the going back at
nil for three days, for three hours, for
three minutes that counts. It might
spoil everything; it might kill my life
tin- knitting lay still on his knee
"Maybe, but you aren't going back
for tlnce minutes, any more than I'm
going back to the oriel window for
three seconds," he said. "We dreamers
hao a lot of agony in thinking about
the things we re never going to do
just as much agony as in thinking about
the things we've done. Every one of
us dreamers ought to be insulated. We
ought to wear emotional liglitiug-rods
to carry off the brainwaves into the
ground.
"I've never heard such a wonderful
story," he added, after an instant, with
nn intense longing to hold out his arms
,., ,,,,,
fo hcr, and a still more intense will to
no such wrong. A blind man had
no light or title to be a slave-owner
for that was what marriage to him would
be. A wife would be n victim. He
saw himself, felt himself being grad
ually devitalized, with only the placid
brain left, considering only the problem
of hourly comfort, nud trying to neu
tralize the penalties of blindness. She
must not be sacrificed to that, for apart
from all else she had greatness of a
kind iu her. He knew far better than
lie had said of the storm of emotion in
her ears. Jcthro Fawe the thought of
uic man revoitcu mm ; nnd yet there was
something about the fellow, a tempera
mental power, the glamour and garish -ness
of Nature's gifts, prostituted
though they were, finding expression in
a striking personality, iu a body of ath
letic grace a man-beauty.
"Have you seen Jcthro Fawe lately?"
he asked.
"Not since" she wns going to sny
not since the morniLg her father had
passed the sentence of the patriu upon
him ; but she paused in time. "Not
since everything happened to you," she
adde presently.
"He knows the game is up," Ingolby
remarked with forced cheerfulness. "He
i won't be asking for any more."
It s tunc for your milk and brandy,"
she said suddenly, emotion subsiding
and n look of purpose coming into her
face. She poured out the liquid and
gave tne glass into his hand. His fin
gers touched hers.
"Your hands arc cold," she said to
hiu.
"Cold hands, warm heart," he chat
tired. A curious, willful, rebellious look came
into her eyes. "I shouldn't have thought
it in your ense," she said, and with
sudden resolve turned toward the door.
"I'll semi Madame Biilteel," she added.
"I'm golug for n walk."
(CONTINUED TOMORHOW)
Knoop Would Only Spend
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By SIR GILBERT PARKER
Author of "The Seats of the .Might)-,"
"The Money Master," etc.
BOCHES HEAD FOR FRANCE
100,000 Teutons Seek Entrance by
Way of Switzerland
Paris, July 30. (By A. P.) A
warning voice on the dangers of German
infiltration by devious ways comes from
Luxemburg. According to the Journal,
of Esch, of forty-two petitions now be-
fore the Luxemburg chamber for natu
ralization thirty-eight come from Prus
sian subjects, several of whom have
been identified as having been connected,
more or less, with acts of frightfulncss
during the war. None of them, the
Esch pnper affirms, would have dreamed
of changing his nationality had the Ger
mans won.
Reports from Switzerland indicate
that Germany will try to pacifically re-
enter France under the guise of Swiss
citizenship. According to a message'
from the Associated Press correspondent,
in Switzerland the other day, fully
100.000 Germans and Austrians are
waning on mc ooraer line oetween isasle
nnd Constance for admittance into
Switzerland, but federal authorities arc
keeping a strict watch on these would
be immigrants.
How to Act When Eating
ijuery is it pernnssiDie to use a
small teaspoon in place of a soup ladle
when eating the latter? !
Answer " when eating the lat- J
ter?" Yes, if you've eaten the soun ladle'
it is highly permissible to use a tea-
spoon,
Query Should host or masculine
guest plnce chair of masculine guest's
feminine partner, also a guest, when she
is being seated?
Answer It nil depends on whether
you arc n practical funster. You might
pull the chair from under her, thus add
ing a touch of ancient originality to the
occasion's clowuishness.
Query Believing myself capable of
recognizing all table tools and recep
tacles, I was suddenly confronted with
an odd-looking sugar container in the
hands of a green maid at a dinner
party one evening. The dessert chanced
to be dear, lovely strawberries. I tried
to comprehend the general machina
tion of the new-fangled sugar container
in one fleeting glance. But even nfter
several glances, decidedly less fleeting
than the first, and a politely vigorous
jiggle of the container's top, I failed to
solve the how of enticing the sugar out
onto my strawberries. I forced the lump
in my throat aside long enough to say
that I really preferred my berries with
out sugar. Now In an Instance like
this what must the hostess do?
Answer She must not laugh, T. J.
M. in Kansas City Star.
Something Besides the Evenings, It Wouldn't Be so Bad
7
HAD NO
IDEA' OF
THE TIME
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DAILY NOVELETTE
A MORNING ROMANCE
Uy (iraro E. Itlley
QO, MHS. SIIEUMAN thought she
J would rope mo Into a house party
seemed surprised when I told her I
did not know Frank Clay's sister
wants me to meet her. Hut I'm not so
easy; the previous engagement excuse,
though threadbare, still serves; and by
now she has, my Tegrcts. Girls, always
ey leave a bachc
Dick Hcmlngwny
that blessed land
ter the telephone
klcd ' him Into
nwnkefulncss
".Mr. Hemingway?" a voice sweetly
inquired.
"Any one would think it was 1 :30
p. m. instead of 1 :.'?0 a. m.," thought
Dick; but he replied. "Yes."
"Know who this Is?"
"Don't believe Ilo." Then Dick's ire
rose once more. "Couldn't we postpone
more
came
in with George Standish. Know him?"
"No." answeied Dick.
"Well, George left nt 7 o'clock on the
mezzanine floor, saying he would be
gone only a few minutes. He has not
conic back, and I'm frighteuefr to death.
Worst of all, I haven't any money with
'
"You jint sit tight
down in three minutes.
Viola ;
I'll be
Hanging up the receiver. Dick made
n hasty toilet, and, good os his word,
was soon on the mezzanine floor. It
was virtually deserted; n company of
three men w ere engrossed in conversa
tion near the elevator, and iu a far
distant corner sat a girl nlonc. As he
r.pproaclied, however, he discovered that
this girl was a stranger to him, so Dick
passed on, merely thinking it a strange
coincidence that two girls, each ulone,
should be there at that hour. Aftir
having walked all around without find
ing Viola, Dick felt disturbed. "Poor
little Viola." thought he; "would not
Teddy be wild if lie knew of her pre
dicament?" For Vio'n was "kid sister"
to Dick's chum, Ned Sherman. Still in
hcr 'teens, she seemed to Ned and to
Dick a mere child, and well did Dick
appreciate how frightened she must be
in a situation like this. "Where could
Standish have gone? Whnt a horrible
thing for n ninu to do!"
"And your name is Viola?"
"Yes, Viola Goodrich." Dick seated
himself beside her. Her very real dis
tress made a strongc appeal to him,
nnd the situation in his mind was clear
ing. "Odd that your name should be Viola.
My chum's sister whom I thought I
was to meet here is Viola, too." She
I wiw prriiii. nftlv ,in. nnl Tl.nl. jt.t. .
ir, mmc'to the fore.' "Now don't vim
be distressed. Miss Goodrich : we will
straighten out this tangle." Something
in his face reassured her and she forced
herself to smile a very wonderful smile
like sunshine after the rain," thought
DICK.
"I have it!" he burst out.
She looked at him questiouinclv.
"Since the other Viola brought me
to you, she must help me out ; at least
hcr mother must do so. I'll telephone
her and enlist ner sympathies and serv-
ices ; but you hod better let her think
w-e hnve known each other some time,
anl that when you were caught in this
scrape you naturally called me up."
Strange though she knew it to be,
sll (li(I tnlst tho man wll smiled so
reassuringly ui ner, anil sue told him
so iu a tone which certainly rang true.
"Very well, then, I will telephone to
my Viola's mother."
Later, having waited some time for
the connection, he finally was rewarded
by the voice of a badly frightened Mrs.
Sherman.
lie explained the predicament of his
friend, nnd generous-hearted Mrs.
Sherman advised their coming direct to
"' Quickly as a taxi could accom-
Plisl !t Dick brought Miss Goodrich
to tbe Sherman home. To his amaze-
ment, the moment the two women saw-
each other they locked in u close em
brace.
"Dick, you rascal you told mc you
did not know Frank's sister."
"Frank's sister? Is she Frank's sis
ter? Hut her name is Goodrich."
"Yes, but she is his half-sister, and
I warrant you know it ns well ns I.
Your innocent nir does not deceive me.
Hut we must retire now for forty
winks; there is just time for that many
before breakfast; but first you had bet
ter telephone Frank that Viola is with
me her family must be worried to
dentil."
"Agreed, but before I go I hereby
give notice. Mother Sherman, that I
retract my regrets to your house party
nothiug can keep me away!"
A look of understanding passed from
one to another, and with a smile rest
ing on the lips of all three, and a song
in the hearts of two, they separated
for a well-earned rest.
The twinkle in his eyes met an an
swering gleam in Viola's, and Dan
Cupid, hovering iu the distance, was
all aglow over the success of the last
shot from his bow nud arrow.
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DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-By Daddy
"THE CHARMING MERMAID"
(I'tpgu. niUy, Balky Sam and
Judpe Orrl go to tec a mermaid ivho
tlli on the rocks in a lake and sing)
to a handsome young prince. Drawn
by her song, the prince jumps into
the lake, seeking to ansiccr her call,)
The Mermaid Vanishes
rpHE handsome joiiug prince sonk
quickly beneath -the waters of the
lake. And of course that was to he
expected when he was so reckless as to
Plunge in when ho couldn't swim a
Rtroke, Hut then he was verv much
In
love with the mcrmotd wlin woo
singing to him and never stopped to
uiiiiK wnnc would happen.
Peggy and Biilv nnd Hnlltr SnV
who jumped in after him, could all
swim, nnd they paddled around anx
iously waiting for him to come un
The instant his head showed nbove the
surface, Hilly grabbed him by the hair
and I'cggy grabbed him by the collar.
He thrashed out wildly with his nrms,
as drowning persons are liable to do,
and would hnve dragged both Peggy
and Hilly down with him it Ilnlky Sam
hadn't been so near that Hilly could
seize one of the mule's long cars.
"He-haw! Ouch!" brayed Balky
Sam, and then he swallowed such a lot
of water tlint he could only gurgle and
splutter. Hut Hilly hung tight until he
had pulled the handsome young prince
to Balky Sam's side nnd had helped"
him to climb on the mule's back.
'Thank you," gulped tho prince.
"It's liurdcr to swim than I thought."
"It's ensy if you know how," re
plied Billy.
"And easy to drown if you don'f
know," added Peggy.
From across the waters came " the
BRUNO DUKE, Solver of Business Problems
By HAROLD WHITEHEAD, Author of "The Business Career of Peter Flint," etc.
Copyright.
A Double Gamo of Bluff
BANNOCK PURVIS proved to be a
most jolly looking man about forty
five years old. lie was comfortably
plump and looked as if he had enjoyed
abundant good health.
His ruddy, elean-shnven fnco at
tracted one, for he had such a frank,
companionable way of smiling. Good
living was beginning to spoil his good
figure, for his waistline bulged out
slightly instead of curving In as It
should do.
He was dressed elaborately. A hand
some diamond stickpin shone in his
cravat and another diamond of equal
ostentation glittered on a pudgy finger.
It was easy to sec that he liked himself
extremely well, for every move he made
unconsciously expressed great self-ap-.
probation.
Such was the man to whom Susan
Maitland had loaned her ?.T.1,000.
When I entered his office lie busied
himself at his desk for fully two mln
utes. while I stood by iu silence. It
was so obvious that he was not busy,
that I almost smiled nt his cheap at
tempt to impress mc, and to keep mc
on "unensy street.
Finally he opened the top left-hand
drawer of his desk, flipped back the lid
of a cigar box and after carefully
choosing a cigar, closed the drawer
again.
lie then turned to mc nnd looked mc
up and down, while he viciously bit off
the end of the cigar and spat it into a
mticli-too-lnrge cuspidor. He then
lighted the cigar, and nfter puffing a
few great clouds of smoke, tilted back
in his chair and condescended to speak
to me.
"Well, Mr, Smith, so you want me
to help you?" (I almost forgot for
a moment thnt for the time being I had
ceased to be Peter Flint.)
"If if you can, Mr. Purvis," I
said half apologetically, as I felt a
man "financially embarrassed" should
so speak,
"I can all right, all right, Mr. Smith,
but will I? That's the question." Ana
another cloud of smoke accompanied
his boastful answer.
"Yes, I suppose so so--will you,
Mr. Purvis?"
He looked at me critically before
answering, then said :
"You look all right, Smith, I'm
d d if you don't! Sit down, man,
and make yourself comfortable." His
manner changed Instantly to one of
great cordiality '-'Here, have a cigar,
Smith, and make yourself comfortable.
nv g you look like a pretty good
sort of fellow, and if you've got good
security in bills receivable, I'll see you
through your troubles. Bannock Purvis
has saved hundreds of d d good bus
inesses, nnd 111 save yours. That s
my idea of practical Christianity,
Smith. I help a fellow to get going
and that's a d d sight better than
prnyin' over his remains ain't it?
I assured him it was and evidently
"went up" in his estimation.
"Now, Smith tell me about your
business what do you make and who
owes you money got a balance sheet
with you?"
I told him that I owned the Smith
Manufacturing Company, of Brooklyn,
and that I made toys.
'I have a lot of money owing from
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"All, but she is wondrous fair!"
murmured the prince, and Peggy
and Billy agreed with liim
song of tho mermaid, calling to the
prince:
Come to me, O my prince, strong and
brave,
Come to moi,on the crest of a wave.
Tho prince gave n little groan of
despair.
"I must go to hcr!" he cried. "But
how how?"
"Hee-haw J Just stay on my back
and I'll take you there," brayed Balky
Sam. "Beware the mermaid! She may be
a siren who is luring you to harm!"
warned Peggy, but the prince did not
heed her. Balky Sam shook his head
to get the water out of his nose, and
set out for the rocky island at a rate
which would soon have left Peggy nnd
Billy far behind if Hilly had not made
another quick gtab. This time he got
Balky Sam by the tail nnd hung on
for all he was worth. And as he went
by I'cggy grabbed Billy by the back
the big department stores, but just now
I I am being pressed "
"Say no more, Smith. I know those
d tl creditors of yours won't act
decent. Well, bring me in copies of the
bills and assign them to me, and as soon
as I find they are O. K. I'll loan you
up to 75 per cent of their face value.
And sny, Smith, you can bring me in
some of thcin toys you mnke I guess
you'll not charge me for 'cm if I help
you I've got a couple of the d dest,
smartest kids you ever clapped eyes on
at my place you'll have to come over
some day." Then he told me about his
wonderful brick house in the country,
his wife nnd children, his cow, his dogs
and such like a great boasting fest
which he thoroughly enjoyed.
He stood up after his pcan of self
praise and added :
"Mr. Smith; old fellow, "jou beat it
back to Brdeklyn and make up that list
of accounts bring the shipping receipts
at the same time when you come back."
,
SHIP IS SAFER THAN AUTO
OR AIRPLANE, SAYS CAPTAIN
J. C. Cunningham Is Not Sure but That Icebergs Are Morq
Perilous Than Explosive Mines
From mine fields to ice fields in the
North sea, Captain J. C. Cunningham,
of the Luxapalala, which is preparing
in Inn iji ,!! nnrl la wnf eurn ivliloh I
,...., .0 ....... "-"ahead!
is the worse. He experienced both In
the course of one of his many trips at
sea.
Captain Cunningham has not had
time to run to his home in Vinalhaven,
Maine, but he hopes to meet Ills wife
in New York from which port the vessel
will sail for Marseilles, France, with a
miscellaneous cargo.
The Luxapalala of TiTOO tons gross, is
one of the recently launched Hog Island
ships. She had her trial trip on July
10. While Captain Cunningham was
busy getting his crew of forty-three
officers and men together this morning,
he spoke of some of his experiences dur
ing the thirty-five years he has followed
the sea.
"About the most ticklish situation in
which I ever found myself," he said,
"was when I was first mate aboard the
Dubhe bound from this port to Abo,
Finland. Ours, by the way, was the
first American vessel ever seen nt that
port.
-Ice Gets Thicker
"It was February 1 that we left here.
The run to Copenhagen wns uneventful
nnd the weather, considering the time
of the year, was fine. Our journey past
the Orkney islands off the coast of
Scotland was as gentle as a yachting
trip. We went up along the coast of
Sweden for several hundred miles nud
by that time the ice was getting thicker
and thicker.
"Well, sir, I'll never forget the night
we struck. It was third mate's watch,
the watch had just changed, lookout
posted and I was already on my way to
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of his waist. She felt that the prlnco
might need to be guarded against his
own folly.
So they set off to find the mermaid
with Balky 8am snorting nnd paddling
like a steamboat and Billy and Peggy
towing along behind like barges fol
lowing a tug.
It was a good thing that Peggy and
Billy got into this tow, for tho rocky
island where sat the singing mermaid'
was far out In the lake much further
than they would have dared to swim
alone. .
Sweeter grew the song as they drew
near tho rocks and clearer grew their
vision of the singing mermaid, Sho
herself was all unknowing that they
were near, for the waves hid them from
sight.
"Ah, but she Is wondrous fair I"
murmured the prince, and Peggy and
Billy agreed with him. Never had they
seen a more charming maiden.
"What did I tell you?" trium
phantly hooted Judge Owl, who bad
down along with them.
Prince of dollars, prince of my heart.
Cruel is the fate that keeps us apart.
no sang tnc mcrmaia. Ana tne an
swer came unexpectedly, for the prince
sat up straight on Balky Sam's back,
stretched out his arms toward ber and
cried out loudly:
"No fate can keep us apart. I come,
I come, my beautiful mermaid love."
The mermaid's song ended In a Utile
cry of fear, her eyes grew big in alarm
nnd nil of a sudden she vanished. One
moment she was there, radiant in her
beauty as sho sang her love song. Tho
next moment she was gone, and the
empty waves lapped the rock where she
had sat.
(Tomorrow ict'U he told what ap
pears in place of the mermaid.)
I then remembered Bruno Duke's
final instruction, so asked:
"Mr. Purvis, I wonder if you'd tell
mc what is the best paper to advertise
,ln? I ought to advertise a bit. What
paper do you read?"
"I always read the Moon; no paper
like if In New York."
As I left the office I observed a half
wink pass between Purvis nnd the
hard-faced young woman.
What n double game of bluff I Neither
BrOno Duke nor I relished it, but Duke
felt It was the only way to help Susan
Maitland.
TODAY'S BUSINESS QUESTION
11'fiaf is "Subrogation" t
Answer will appear tomorrow.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S
BUSINESS QUESTION
"Stamp Duty" is a law requiring
stamps to be affixed to checks and
proprietary articles.
turn in for n short rest. As I said, wo
knew the ice was pretty thick, butwe
didn't know how bad i. tvas. Sud-
flntllv n'A I1A..1I ,I.A Innli.iit ..aII lnnJ.ri
. .. JCM Wl.
Startled beyond imagination, for I
knew there couldn't be any rocks ahead,
I ran hastily up on to deck, just In
time to see a huge Ice berg crnsh Into --
the port side of the bow. The berg
must have turned over In the water,
sending its submerged towering into
the air, for no one saw It a moment be
fore. "The Impact as the big island of ice
struck our ship was terrific, and was
followed by a crashing and crunching .
of ice against steel that sounded as
though a million mechanics were pound'
ing their hammers against the ship's
sides. All hands stood by expecting to
get the order to abandon ship, but Jhe
worst of the accident turned out to'bf
the noise. The storeroom bulkhead wai
stove in and the compartment quicklj
filled with water, but since the heavjj.
bulkheads between that and the mail
compartments of the vessel had stood
fast, we were in no danger.
Pass Through Kiel Canal
"On the way back we got along Very
nicely, although making only about
seven knots. We passed through Kiel
Canal to Heligoland, finally reaching
uoggerbank without further mishap.
Hut I want to tell jou that part of tho
journey that lay In, the mine fields kept
us on tne alert, wondering each minute
If we would be blown out of the water
the next."
Captain Cunningham, like many an
other youngster, ran, a way from home
to follow the sea. He was thirteen
years old nt the time, nnd has been
a sailor ever since. He said .that aside
from those experiences in the North '
sea during tho war lie has never had
any exciting adventures and thinks that
going across the Atlantic In any kind
of a vessel is safer than flying orMfor
that matter, automoblling.
ROMAN CHOIR COMING HERE
Visit to- America Will Be Made Wth
Approval of Pope
oCI,0;fUS..,?,f.8evnt?-"!n1' from the
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tlons are under wv tn !..., . .""!
at the Metropolitan Opera noBu.e.nThe
chorus s scheduled to arrive In New
ork lato this month from Home. b U
is the first time permission i,. t""
Cew I'
given to the choir to be heard Jn public
outside of Homan environment. The'
singers come to America with the an. '
proval of Pope Benedict XV. -
The singers aro from the SisUjia
Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, St? Jo ,
Latcran and the Pontifical School of '
Higher Music. The choir Is under the
direction of Monslgnor .Maestro Itaaf
fnele Casimirl, Canon of St. John t-.j .
eran, director of the Pontifical ,I,ateran r" 'J
nuin-i uiiu iienu master and dT '
rector of composition of thn hI.i-
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